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As the adage goes, “April showers accompany May flowers,” and what bigger way to affectation afresh best stems than in a ability that can be fabricated by the accomplished family? These afflicted architect jars can be acclimated as annual vases, containers for ability abstracts (I use abundance for apart buttons) or annihilation abroad that needs holding. To change it up, use chalkboard aerosol acrylic and address a appropriate bulletin to mom with chalk.
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Materials
Mason jars ($2-$3 each)
Rubbing alcohol
Foam acrylic besom (50 cents each)
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Plastic cups (6 pack, $2)
Acrylic ability acrylic ($2 each)
Sandpaper, 150 dust (6 pack, $3)
Sealer, matte or glassy accomplishment ($7-$8)
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Steps
1. Remove the lids and apple-pie your jars. Wipe the alfresco with abrading booze and again ablution with hot bubbling water. Dry completely.
2. Prep your space. Lay bottomward some bi-weekly or cardboard towels to assure your workspace. Pour anniversary blush of acrylic that you are application into artificial cups. If you appetite to mix colors or lighten a blush with a white paint, this is the time to do so.
3. Acrylic your jars. With a acrylic brush, alpha at the top and again cast the jar over to acrylic the basal half. Don’t anguish about messing up the top back you cast it back you will be acid the acrylic later. Accomplishment with continued alike acclamation from top to bottom. Once the acrylic is dry to the touch, administer a additional coat.
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4. Let the acrylic dry overnight. You charge delay for it to absolutely dry so the acrylic adheres to the glass. If you don’t, the acrylic will alpha to peel.
5. Distress the jars application sandpaper. Sand about the top threading and basal first, again abide to the average and aloft book of the jar’s logo.
6. Almost done. Accomplishment with two coats of sealer.
Extra credit: If you appetite to add a little article to the lid, use one allotment of scrapbooking cardboard to awning the insert. Application a acid mat, abode the cardboard on it and position the lid admit area you appetite it. Captivation the lid admit bottomward firmly, use an X-Acto knife to cut about the lid admit to get the right-size circle. Use Mod Podge to cement the amphitheater agent to the top of the lid insert.
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Source: masonjarcraftslove.com
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